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Algeria: EU Foreign Policy Chief calls for immediate release of writer Boualem Sansal & decries human rights violation

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has called on Algerian authorities to release immediately Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal and denounced the repression of freedom of speech in Algeria. In a speech delivered Thursday on his behalf at the EU Parliament by Commissioner Helena Dalli, the Vice-President of the European Commission […]

Morocco Third Largest Investor in Côte d’Ivoire in Five Years

Morocco is the third largest investor in Côte d’Ivoire with €313 million invested in the West African country in the last five years, said Thierry Badou, head of the Ivorian investment promotion center (CEPICI). “Morocco, France and Mauritius are the top 3 biggest investors in the country”, said Badou. In 2015, Morocco topped the list […]

Libya Raises Maritime Alert as Abandoned Russian LNG Tanker Drifts Towards its Waters

Authorities in Libya have heightened maritime alert levels after a Russian liquefied natural gas tanker, identified as ARCTIC METAGAZ, was spotted drifting uncontrollably towards the country’s territorial waters.   The Ports and Maritime Transport Authority reported on Wednesday, March 18, that the vessel is unmanned and unable to manoeuvre, leaving it vulnerable to prevailing winds […]